Joomla! Remote SQL Injection and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities


Description   Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Joomla!, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands or gain knowledge of sensitive information.
The first issue is due to unspecified input validation errors in the administrative interface that does not properly validate certain parameters before being used in SQL statements, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
The second flaw is due to errors in the "syndication" module and "mod_templatechooser", which could be exploited by attackers to determine the installation path.
The third vulnerability is due access validation errors in various sections, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to protected contents.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Joomla! version 1.0.7 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to Joomla! version 1.0.8 : http://forge.joomla.org/sf/go/projects.joomla/frs.joomla_1_0.1_0_8
     
CVE   CVE-2006-1049
CVE-2006-1048
CVE-2006-1047
CVE-2006-1030
CVE-2006-1029
CVE-2006-1028
CVE-2006-1027
     
References   http://www.joomla.org/content/view/938/78/
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OR statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious SELECT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious combination of 'OR' or 'AND' statements in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : possible version probing in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CREATE statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CREATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UPDATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UNION statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious shutdown statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UNION SELECT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DROP statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : possible database version probing
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious INSERT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OR statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UPDATE SET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious EXEC statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SELECT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious INSERT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DROP statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious EXEC statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious HAVING statement in data
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2006-03-05 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote